Ok, so I've rooted my Wildfire S, flashed CM7 on it, with the updated gapps files (gapps gb)
My question is this...Do I need to keep all those files on my SD card? Or can I remove them?
Also, having an "H" icon for my data is better than 3G, correct? everything I've read says that, but I'd like to know from a DAMN good source (you guys)
xxjdm said:
Ok, so I've rooted my Wildfire S, flashed CM7 on it, with the updated gapps files (gapps gb)
My question is this...Do I need to keep all those files on my SD card? Or can I remove them?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you've installed all packages you shouldn't need to keep those on the sd card, but best to keep them on your computer in case you need them in the future.
xxjdm said:
Also, having an "H" icon for my data is better than 3G, correct? everything I've read says that, but I'd like to know from a DAMN good source (you guys)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah the 'H' is for highspeed access, you'll get that in areas where you have best reception.
Thank you very much. Yeah I still have them on my computer, along with my backup.
I also have one more question, how do I make a partition on my SD card? And should I get a bigger one? I currently have a 2gb
Sent from my Wildfire S A510e using xda app-developers app
Not exactly sure of the context. Why do you want to create partitions?
If you are wanting to create an .ext3/.ext4 partition on which to install apps (I know people did this with the HTC Desire, because of the really low amount of onboard storage), the best tool for the job is a Linux based partition editor called GParted. Just download the live CD iso, burn it to a CD and boot from that.
You should get a new SD card yes.
A 32gb card will run you ~$20 brand new on ebay, just make sure your phone supports that capacity
Link2sd says to make sure you have a partition created on the SD card for whatever reason...I uninstalled it, and forgot what it said, but yeah....same reason. 512mb onboard storage = pure sh*t.
Edit: it says to do that for "symbolic link" whatever that means.
Sent from my Wildfire S A510e using xda app-developers app
Sure, well most apps like that will want an ext4 partition, which like I said can be created using GParted. Plenty of tutorials on youtube I'm sure for using GParted
Ok, thanks for all your help! It's greatly appreciated!
Sent from my Wildfire S A510e using xda app-developers app
Related
Could somebody PLEASE give me walk through of the holy grail here? I have rooted my aria and loaded cyanogen nightlies many times, but when it comes time to format and get a2sd working on a partitioned card I fail miserably. I seem to run into issues when the guides mention to go into recovery and partition the card. I am running clockwork and can't find the right partition menu. I tried a method involving adb and could not get a file to push, downloaded darktremor and got an endless htc screen boot loop, and at this point my phone may as well be a missile to my computer screen. I am a noob, but not entirely unfamiliar, just some sort of help getting to that last screen where I see lots of phone memory and can finally lay off deleting apps to add one.
Thanks and I hope someone is out there willing to help!
Can't give you a link from here, but I can encourage you to look for a forum that discusses Ext3 partitioning using a live ubuntu cd. You may have rooted using a similar method. I'll try to remember to send you a link when I get home. Search until then. Post if you find it.
Sent from my (liberated) HTC Liberty using XDA App
Why not just use Rom Manager to partition the card?
I tried that many times but it never worked. It always hung up on the ! triangle screen. I had no problems with the live cd method.
Sent from my (liberated) HTC Liberty using XDA App
Found the link...
androidcommunity.com/forums/f9/how-to-create-ext2-partition-14232/
I did this but went with ext3. I actually practiced with an older SD card until I got it right. The order of partitions is important. Fat32, ext, then lswap. Read around about recommended sizes. For an 8GB card I went with 6.5gb/1gb/32m.
Sent from my (liberated) HTC Liberty using XDA App
duckredbeard said:
Found the link...
androidcommunity.com/forums/f9/how-to-create-ext2-partition-14232/
I did this but went with ext3. I actually practiced with an older SD card until I got it right. The order of partitions is important. Fat32, ext, then lswap. Read around about recommended sizes. For an 8GB card I went with 6.5gb/1gb/32m.
Sent from my (liberated) HTC Liberty using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Skip swap. Should not need/use it on a 512K ram device.
Edit: I know specs say less - specs are wrong! Liberty has the same memory as the N1.
I did it as a precaution. My SD is waaaaaay oversized and figured I could afford to waste 32mb.
Sent from my (liberated) HTC Liberty using XDA App
duckredbeard said:
I did it as a precaution. My SD is waaaaaay oversized and figured I could afford to waste 32mb.
Sent from my (liberated) HTC Liberty using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
and I am running out of space on a 16 gb card. 12gb mp3s and 600+ pictures will do that.
attn1 said:
Skip swap. Should not need/use it on a 512K ram device.
Edit: I know specs say less - specs are wrong! Liberty has the same memory as the N1.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thanks for this attn. i had seen posts about swap on other devices and wondered if it would help my aria. i'm glad i didn't try to set it up...
Thanks everone for responding. This is where I am with the partition. So when I put the card the phone and mount sd card it shows the same amount of memory in the phone (77.26) when I added a gig of ext2 in gparted.
Do I need to go back into gparted and charnge the ext2 to ext3? Or is this an issue where I need to change something in the phone I am missing. I did reboot after putting the card in.
You won't see any increased capacity there. What you will see after apps2sd is working is that the amount of internal used will go down. I had to reinstall apps2sd after I did the partition, even though darktremor's apps2sd came with my ROM. It defaulted to off because it saw no ext partition upon ROM installation.
Sent from my (liberated) HTC Liberty using XDA App
So I wipe data and flash a cyanogen nightly it will automatically pick up a2sdext and show the proper storage data?
Sent from my Liberty using XDA App
I haven't been in this position myself (always clean installs since using a2ext) but I believe if you have darktremor's a2sd installed and have ext on your sd card, but apps are still on the device, you can do:
su
a2sd reinstall
in the terminal app on the device and it will move all apps from device memory to the ext partition. not sure how this behaves if you have any apps on sd via the standard froyo method....
I don't have a problem wiping data, dalvik and cache since I backed up everything. Going to give it a shot here...
Sent from my Liberty using XDA App
Fwiw, I have been using this method up until this release candidate. Seems broken now.
Sent from my Liberty using XDA App
Ok, so I tried wiping data/cache/dalvikr then flashed cyanogen nightly 99 and it still only showed 138m internal memory. So then I tried downloading darktremor and flashing the zip from clockwork which gives me infinate htc white bootscreens. Then I tried wiping again and flashed the darktremor zip and then cyanogen 99 and the phone booted up, but when I check internal memory I am at 123m. Am I just completely missing something here?
You are likely seeing dalvik. If you have a good SD card, do su in a terminal and then a2sd cachesd. The phone will reboot.
That moves dalvik to SD as well.
Sent from my Liberty using XDA App
BelacNongaw said:
You are likely seeing dalvik. If you have a good SD card, do su in a terminal and then a2sd cachesd. The phone will reboot.
That moves dalvik to SD as well.
Sent from my Liberty using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Says a2sd not found. If anyone has any ideas, I am willing to start from scrap to get this running. BelacNongaw, how did you get yours running? If you don't mind I could try tracing the steps you took and that might work?
Did you type:
su
system/bin/a2sd cachesd
in terminal?
Hi all. I just bought a new 32gb microsd from samsung. My question is:
How would i go about and switch this card with the original? What are the absolutely necessary files or folders that need to be migrated from the old card to the new one? How do i format the new card?
Please be specific in answers coz i have not a lot of experience with android. I come from a touch hd with winmo.
Thanks in advance
Sent from my MIUI.us Sensation 4G using xda premium
TheOne741 said:
Hi all. I just bought a new 32gb microsd from samsung. My question is:
How would i go about and switch this card with the original? What are the absolutely necessary files or folders that need to be migrated from the old card to the new one? How do i format the new card?
Please be specific in answers coz i have not a lot of experience with android. I come from a touch hd with winmo.
Thanks in advance
Sent from my MIUI.us Sensation 4G using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi,
Use a card reader.
Place the old card in the PC,open it and press control A,control C,and then control V into a new folder on your PC.
Take the new card ,put it in the PC,right click,format to fat 32.
Open the folder on your PC with all your saved old card stuff,and press control A,control C,and then control V into the new card.
Job done.
Thanks for the prompt response. I was hoping of doing a bit of cleaning and that's why i asked which are the absolutely necessary files and folders coz i have a feeling that the old one is a bit polluted with all kinds of folders which i probably dont use. Thanks again though.
Sent from my MIUI.us Sensation 4G using xda premium
TheOne741 said:
Thanks for the prompt response. I was hoping of doing a bit of cleaning and that's why i asked which are the absolutely necessary files and folders coz i have a feeling that the old one is a bit polluted with all kinds of folders which i probably dont use. Thanks again though.
Sent from my MIUI.us Sensation 4G using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi,
I saw someone say that if you just put your own stuff on the card ,Android will place the files it needs on the card as well.
Not tested it,but you could try it first.
Do what I suggested anyway,then try it.
No harm will be done.
Ok. I will try the last suggestion first and will post my findings in a few hours. I am at work now. Greetz
Sent from my MIUI.us Sensation 4G using xda premium
I just switched devices, and simply copied images and a few history files etc onto my pc as described above, reformatted card (hence wiping it) and put in new device. Your Rom will build everything else, then you can copy existing files from pc.
Sensation XE tbc
i did this:
I rebooted in recovery. unmounted the sdcard. took the old one out, put the new one in and formated it in recovery. rebooted phone and voila... card recognized in phone and clean. Android put itself the needed files to it. i just copied later my content into it via phone.
Thanks everybody for your replies.
Problem with upgrade SD Card - lost favorites
I recently upgraded by SD card and did exactly as outlined above. All seems ok except I lost the image album called favorites. I use this album often so this is a pain. Does anyone know what happened or what file needs to be recopied somewhere? My devices is rooted. Also, is there a favorites folder somewhere or is it just a tag? If yes, where is the location?
Thanks
sorry for noob post but i havnt been able to understand all this with all the posts iv read
Iv been looking into installing apps on the external sd card and i came across "partitioning sd card" and a whole bunch of other vocabulary, so iv got a couple of questions.
1. can someone explain to me the basics of this?
2. define ext2, ext3, ext4, fat32, swap size, (there might be a bit more i jsut cant think of any right now)
3. do u reccomend doing this with cwm? iv come across a few posts where people have been saying thing could brick your phone
4. apperntly cwm has some built in partition? i dont really know..
5. how would I do this this with cwm?
Boot into recovery and look for partition sd option, follow instructions.
NVIDIA NEVER AGAIN!
fcisco13 said:
Boot into recovery and look for partition sd option, follow instructions.
NVIDIA NEVER AGAIN!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thanks but is it safe? and what do i put for each option?
Make sure you backup your sdcard before you partition or you'll lose your important files.
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium
maxesxp said:
thanks but is it safe? and what do i put for each option?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Is it safe?
Don't know i have 20 apps installed so dont need more space, it was safe on n1.
NVIDIA NEVER AGAIN!
d12unk13astard said:
Make sure you backup your sdcard before you partition or you'll lose your important files.
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yes iv already done that I just wanna know what the procedure is
Sent from my LG-P999 using Tapatalk
maxesxp said:
sorry for noob post but i havnt been able to understand all this with all the posts iv read
Iv been looking into installing apps on the external sd card and i came across "partitioning sd card" and a whole bunch of other vocabulary, so iv got a couple of questions.
1. can someone explain to me the basics of this?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try this link. Very simple.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=SD_card_partitioning
jcbofkc said:
Try this link. Very simple.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=SD_card_partitioning
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thank you but iv come across ext4? whats that? and what is swap? theres some vocabulary words in there i dont sorry for all the questions lol
maxesxp said:
thank you but iv come across ext4? whats that? and what is swap? theres some vocabulary words in there i dont sorry for all the questions lol
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
EXT4 is the file system (like FAT or NTFS but for Linux based). Swap is the partition used sort of like ram (just slower) in the way that temporary files are stored there for quick access.
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA App
redmonke255 said:
EXT4 is the file system (like FAT or NTFS but for Linux based). Swap is the partition used sort of like ram (just slower) in the way that temporary files are stored there for quick access.
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Okay thanks can you give me a procedure to how to partition you sd card? Thanks in advance
Sent from my LG-P999 using Tapatalk
I think people mentioned to do it through clockword mod? I think I've seen an option down there.
I have no idea why you'd want to, though. I can't really see any benefit and it would only complicate things.
Only reason to partition sdcard to have an ext partition is for people like me that have way too many apps to install that normally wouldn't fit on the g2x's internal storage. Even putting apps to SD wouldn't allow my setup of over 600 apps to my phone without an app called link2sd, currently rocking a 12gb ext3 partition on my 32gb class 10 Lexar sdcard. Call me crazy but I love having all my apps available any time I need, my phone is a beast I tell ya, with all the stress I put in it its still blazingly quick!
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium
redmonke255 said:
I think people mentioned to do it through clockword mod? I think I've seen an option down there.
I have no idea why you'd want to, though. I can't really see any benefit and it would only complicate things.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yupp thats what i wanted to do lol but it says swag size and stuff and i got confused... and ppl hav said clockworkmod is ddangourous when it comes to partitioning soo im a bit scared
d12unk13astard said:
Only reason to partition sdcard to have an ext partition is for people like me that have way too many apps to install that normally wouldn't fit on the g2x's internal storage. Even putting apps to SD wouldn't allow my setup of over 600 apps to my phone without an app called link2sd, currently rocking a 12gb ext3 partition on my 32gb class 10 Lexar sdcard. Call me crazy but I love having all my apps available any time I need, my phone is a beast I tell ya, with all the stress I put in it its still blazingly quick!
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yupp lol iv filled my sd card up so thats how i stumbles across this
Hi Guys, Over time my memory card has become pretty bloated with app data and things i no longer need. Instead of going through and finding all of these files to make space i want to format my memory card. I'm currently on ARHD 6.4 and have 4EXT installed and have backed up to my memory card via titanium (which obvs i can re-do once done so no biggy). to keep. To enable me to use 4ext to install future custom roms etc... do i need to keep any files stored on memory card or can i install this from scratch on empty memory card?
You can install from scratch on an empty once you copy over the ROM you want to flash.
Thanks k0zmic, (N00b bit) even though i did s-off, root, and been using custom roms, can't for the life of me remember how i installed 4 ext. where do i get installer for it?
You can get 4th ext recovery at the play store too! Its only a couple of dollars. Or you can install the zip file. I got mine from play store.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium
CarlCarlson95 said:
Thanks k0zmic, (N00b bit) even though i did s-off, root, and been using custom roms, can't for the life of me remember how i installed 4 ext. where do i get installer for it?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
STEP 1 in the 1st post over here.
Thanks very much guys. Was having a senior moment
ok i have a samsung galaxy stellar / sch-1200 from verizon, cant find a forum on it so i figured this would be closest hopefully.....
it reads internal storage as "sdcard01" and i also have an 8gb external sd card. the phone itself does not have an option to move app 2 sd card in the application manager.
ive tried app's via the playstore and still no avail. app2sd and others..
my question is.. is there an option somewhere in the phone that i cannot seem to find or a way to get it to default save items/pics/mp3s/ect to the actual sd card??
ive looked all over to try to find out some similar problems and cant seem to find any info besides actually swapping the external to internal and vice versa using ADB.... i do not have this phone rooted and wont until warranty is up. if anyone could point me in the right direction or inform me on how to change the storage settings id really appreciate it.
thanks in advance.
Wrong phone and carrier... at least you got the Samsung part.
Edit: read the phone and posted. Sorry
Sent from my Xoom using xda app-developers app
Cooptx said:
Wrong phone and carrier... at least you got the Samsung part.
Edit: read the phone and posted. Sorry
Sent from my Xoom using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thats part of the problem possibly... i cant find a forum on this phone.
Is it rooted? If so try Titanium Backup to move the apps
Sent from my Xoom using xda app-developers app
Cooptx said:
Is it rooted? If so try Titanium Backup to move the apps
Sent from my Xoom using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
no not yet.. i will be rooting it in the next couple months but as of right now its not unforunately. its like the phone doesnt even recognize the sd card it in even though it is mounted and reads pictures and music that i manually put on there. but the application manager doesnt even have an option to "move to sd"
I don't know. Maybe it is mounting as read only. That is what happens on the xoom
Sent from my Xoom using xda app-developers app
Cooptx said:
I don't know. Maybe it is mounting as read only. That is what happens on the xoom
Sent from my Xoom using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
shouldnt be.. i can move individual files that i have downloaded, its the weirdest things ive ever came across..
my og droid was rooted and my htc inspire, they both even before rooting had the option to move apps to the sd card. the phone has 2gbs of internal space so its not like its worse than the previous just blows my mind and i have no idea how i could maybe change it to having the external card being the primary storage. under Astro it says there are 2 sd cards... i know its thinking that the internal storage is the first/primary card. just dunno how to get it to switch over i guess..
thats the best way i can think to describe the situation..
For moving pics and music and such I would think a file browser like es file explorer or something would let you move from one storage to the other. I dunno that you would need root access for that. But apps are a different story.
TwitchyEye said:
For moving pics and music and such I would think a file browser like es file explorer or something would let you move from one storage to the other. I dunno that you would need root access for that. But apps are a different story.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yea the file parts im not real worried about. i am able to move them and everything.
i might be not able to really explain it the way im wanting to. its reading like there are 2 sd cards when there is only one in the phone. so the primary storage is to the internal (fake sd card) so it wont move apps to the sd card to free up internal space. thats my assumption anyway. so i thought there might be a way to change the primary storage but i havent found a way to. if that makes sense.
yeah there are external2internal swaps or whatever but I'm pretty sure you're gonna need root and custom recovery to do anything like that.
TwitchyEye said:
yeah there are external2internal swaps or whatever but I'm pretty sure you're gonna need root and custom recovery to do anything like that.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thats what i was afraid of.. thank you though for trying to help. if you or anyone come across a similar situation that has been solved please let me know.